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Butterfly landed on Prime Video not long ago, pulled from the Boom! Studios graphic novel, and it quickly shaped itself into a story about espionage and family that refused to stay simple. The opening episodes worked like pieces of a puzzle, and the finale left one of those edges hanging. A dinner scene that seemed calm, almost quiet, suddenly turned violent. Someone gone. Someone bleeding. The kind of ending that does not feel like an ending at all.
The question that stayed in the air was whether the story would return. Daniel Dae Kim, who leads the show as David and also carries the role of executive producer, addressed that directly. As he explained,
“I have some idea of what has happened but I don’t want to put the cart before the horse because we don’t have a renewal yet.”
That line is the clearest update so far, and it sets the tone for where Butterfly stands right now, somewhere between hope and pause.
Daniel Dae Kim and the uncertain horizon
Kim spoke to Us Weekly before and after the release. He admitted he has some sense of what comes next, but he stopped himself from describing more. The phrase was short and firm: we don’t have a renewal yet. It was enough to confirm that fans are waiting without confirmation.
He also said that if another season happens, there are turns he would like to see unfold. The wording suggested he keeps ideas in mind, but nothing has moved beyond that. It is a space of preparation, but one that depends entirely on the decision from Prime Video.
Butterfly waiting for renewal
The platform has not announced a continuation. The last episode of season 1 arrived on August 13, and its design was open, not final. That lack of closure drew more attention to Kim’s words. Without a second season on the table, the narrative stands cut in half, with the most pressing questions left untouched.
Stunts and the strain of action
Kim’s role was not only dramatic. It also demanded a level of action that pushed him into daily training and long hours. He said he enjoyed it. He has worked with stunts for most of his career. But at 57, he also described mornings that started at three o’clock, when the excitement of action mixed with the weight of exhaustion.
There was one restriction, one moment when he was not allowed to continue. A rappel from the top of a building to the ground had been planned. He expected to perform it right until the morning of the shoot. Then word came from the production that it was off limits. Safety over risk. It became the single stunt he did not attempt.
And there was something else. Playing a spy changed the way he thought about surveillance. He explained that the role taught him how to track someone quietly, how to keep a distance, and shift positions without drawing attention. Not a skill he needed outside the set, but a detail that tied him closer to David, his character.
The story that shaped the series
Butterfly follows David, once a U.S. intelligence operative who escaped his past by faking his death. He settled in South Korea, far from the life he had abandoned. That quiet could not last. His daughter Rebecca, played by Reina Hardesty, found her own way into the same shadows of espionage. Father and daughter collided again, not through reunion alone, but through conflict, secrets, and the danger of repeating choices.
Throughout the season, they fought side by side against a common enemy. Rebecca also learned the truth: her father had not disappeared completely but had built another life, with marriage and another child. That discovery shifted their fragile bond, shaping scenes of confrontation as much as cooperation.
A finale without answers
The closing episode carried a deceptive calm. The family sat at a restaurant table, four people sharing food and presence. For a moment, it looked like the storm had passed. That image did not hold.
When Rebecca and David’s wife stepped away and did not come back, the scene changed again. David went looking. He found his wife injured and bleeding, and Rebecca was gone. The episode closed there, without a single line to explain. Was she taken, or did she leave on her own? The show did not say. It ended by refusing to explain, leaving the question itself as the final image.
Where things stand
Butterfly remains available on Prime Video, its first season complete yet unfinished in tone. Daniel Dae Kim confirmed that no renewal has been granted, but also left the door open by admitting he already imagines what could happen. That combination, open story and cautious remarks, keeps the series in a space of waiting.
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Season 1 of Butterfly closed without solving its central mystery. Kim’s comments underline that nothing has been secured, but possibilities remain. The show exists now in a state of suspension - not canceled, not renewed, only waiting. For viewers, the memory of that last scene still carries weight, and the words from its lead actor remind them that the future of Butterfly has not yet been decided.
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